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Family business profile: Stannah
By Stuart Rock
Family business Stannah is the world leader in stairlifts. It is now in its fifth generation.

February 13, 2008 7:05pm
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Family business: a list of 100 great British firms
By Stuart Rock
This family business list was compiled in 2007.

February 13, 2008 6:41pm
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Family business profile: Farrington's
By Stuart Rock
Family business Farrington's competes against Tesco

February 13, 2008 6:35pm
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Family business: 20 of the best
By Stuart Rock
A family business list, identifying 20 of the best in Britain

February 13, 2008 6:26pm
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Family business and employee share schemes
By Stuart Rock
A family business does not always keep all the shares for family members

February 13, 2008 6:19pm
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Family business profile: mother and son establish car hire firm
By Stuart Rock
Family business Economy Car Hire was established by Rory Sexton and his mother Pam

February 13, 2008 6:10pm
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Could you work with your partner: family business secrets
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Relationships going sour, bust-ups, sibling rivalry... everything is possible in a family business. They can also be the most effective businesses around.

February 11, 2008 12:05pm
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John Timpson: profile of a family business leader
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John Timpson, chairman of the eponymous high-street cobbler and heel-bar chain, is one of the UK's best loved businessmen and owner of a highly successful family business. Here's the real profile.

February 11, 2008 11:55am

BUSINESS NEWS >>

Office Relocation: A ‘How To Guide’

By Real Business - May 15, 2008 4:09pm GMT

Office design and build specialist Morgan Lovell has helped thousands of companies successfully move into new workplaces. Here are its ten top tips to make office moves run like clockwork.

Heathrow's T5 was "the right move"

By Kate Pritchard - May 14, 2008 3:52pm GMT

Despite the public backlash, the 20,000 pieces of lost luggage and hundreds of cancelled flights, Asian entrepreneur Surinder Arora says the government was right to give British Airports Authority its blessing to expand Heathrow airport.

Vegan company brings meat to the masses

By Melissa Hancock - May 14, 2008 2:25pm GMT

Set up by a vegan father and daughter team in 2003, Beanies Health Foods has simultaneously cornered a niche and appealed to the mainstream by selling meat-replacement foods.

Divorce makes you a better investment, says Jon Moulton

By Stuart Rock - May 14, 2008 11:35am GMT

Divorce rates are an effective indicator of managerial capability, says private equity guru Jon Moulton

Jon Moulton warns of bad managers and a rise in crooked ones

By Stuart Rock - May 14, 2008 9:43am GMT

Jon Moulton of Alchemy Partners has lots of ways of spotting bad managers


BUSINESS COMMENT >>

The Apprentice: that's what I'm talking about

By Matthew Rock - May 14, 2008 10:40pm GMT

Why it's a really important programme and we'll continue writing about it.

Simon Woodroffe gets “down with the kids”

By Rebecca Burn-Callander - May 14, 2008 5:45pm GMT

At a Skill! event held at the Merril Lynch offices in St Paul’s today, the Yo! Sushi founder entertained students and teachers alike. But did he go too far?

Women entrepreneurs: the statistics

By Catherine Woods - May 12, 2008 5:09pm GMT

The government’s released some fascinating statistics today about female entrepreneurs and what they’re getting out of starting up on their own.

Dun Deal

By Matthew Rock - May 09, 2008 5:09pm GMT

As Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone flogs half his retail estate for £1bn to Best Buy, we ask: what kind of entrepreneur is the chipper one?

The Apprentice: Sir Alan's youthful indiscretions

By Matthew Rock - May 07, 2008 10:07pm GMT

Two go, but between the lines something even more interesting...



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